Targeted cancer therapy.

abstract：:Dehydration or desiccation is one of the most frequent and severe challenges to living cells. The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans is the best known extremophile among the few organisms that can survive extremely high exposures to desiccation and ionizing radiation, which shatter its genome into hundreds of short DNA...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Zahradka K,Slade D,Bailone A,Sommer S,Averbeck D,Petranovic M,Lindner AB,Radman M

更新日期：2006-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of years before we began to manipulate the flow of light using synthetic structures, biological systems were using nanometre-scale architectures to produce striking optical effects. An astonishing variety of natural photonic structures exists: a species of Brittlestar uses photonic elements composed of calcit...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vukusic P,Sambles JR

更新日期：2003-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding exotic forms of magnetism in quantum mechanical systems is a central goal of modern condensed matter physics, with implications for systems ranging from high-temperature superconductors to spintronic devices. Simulating magnetic materials in the vicinity of a quantum phase transition is computationally i...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Simon J,Bakr WS,Ma R,Tai ME,Preiss PM,Greiner M

更新日期：2011-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The refined 1.9-A resolution structure of the periplasmic D-galactose-binding protein (GBP) reveals a calcium ion surrounded by seven ligands, all protein oxygen atoms. A nine-residue loop (amino-acid positions 134-142), which is preceded by a beta-turn and followed by a beta-strand, provides five ligands from every s...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Vyas NK,Vyas MN,Quiocho FA

更新日期：1987-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The extinction rate of populations is predicted to rise under increasing rates of environmental change. If a population experiencing increasingly stressful conditions lacks appropriate phenotypic plasticity or access to more suitable habitats, then genetic change may be the only way to avoid extinction. Evolutionary r...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lindsey HA,Gallie J,Taylor S,Kerr B

更新日期：2013-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To mediate its survival and virulence, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports hundreds of proteins into the host erythrocyte. To enter the host cell, exported proteins must cross the parasitophorous vacuolar membrane (PVM) within which the parasite resides, but the mechanism remains unclear. A putative Pla...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Beck JR,Muralidharan V,Oksman A,Goldberg DE

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is an allele-specific gene expression system that is important for mammalian development and function. The molecular basis of genomic imprinting is allele-specific DNA methylation. Although it is well known that the de novo DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are responsible for the establishme...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Yamaguchi S,Shen L,Liu Y,Sendler D,Zhang Y

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Important Ca2+ signals in the cytosol and organelles are often extremely localized and hard to measure. To overcome this problem we have constructed new fluorescent indicators for Ca2+ that are genetically encoded without cofactors and are targetable to specific intracellular locations. We have dubbed these fluorescen...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Miyawaki A,Llopis J,Heim R,McCaffery JM,Adams JA,Ikura M,Tsien RY

更新日期：1997-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Shear stress is a fundamental determinant of vascular homeostasis, regulating vascular remodelling, cardiac development and atherogenesis, but the mechanisms of transduction are poorly understood. Previous work showed that the conversion of integrins to a high-affinity state mediates a subset of shear responses, inclu...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Tzima E,Irani-Tehrani M,Kiosses WB,Dejana E,Schultz DA,Engelhardt B,Cao G,DeLisser H,Schwartz MA

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:AFTER exposure to secretagogues the small intestine changes from a tissue that absorbs fluid and electrolyte from lumen to blood into a tissue that secretes electrolyte and fluid into the lumen(1-4). It has been shown that this secretion results from an increase in the passive Cl(-) permeability of the mucosal border,...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Ilundain A,Naftalin RJ

更新日期：1979-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:How bacteria regulate cell cycle progression at a molecular level is a fundamental but poorly understood problem. In Caulobacter crescentus, two-component signal transduction proteins are crucial for cell cycle regulation, but the connectivity of regulators involved has remained elusive and key factors are unidentifie...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Biondi EG,Reisinger SJ,Skerker JM,Arif M,Perchuk BS,Ryan KR,Laub MT

更新日期：2006-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In budding yeast many genes are expressed under cell-cycle control in late G1. These include a large group of DNA synthesis genes, the HO gene involved in mating-type switching, CTS1 (chitinase) and also CLN1 and CLN2 (ref. 4) encoding G1 cyclins. Two factors, encoded by the SWI4 and SWI6 genes, are required for HO (r...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Lowndes NF,Johnson AL,Breeden L,Johnston LH

更新日期：1992-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The superposition principle is a fundamental tenet of quantum mechanics. It allows a quantum system to be 'in two places at the same time', because the quantum state of a physical system can simultaneously include measurably different physical states. The preparation and use of such superposed states forms the basis o...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Hofheinz M,Wang H,Ansmann M,Bialczak RC,Lucero E,Neeley M,O'Connell AD,Sank D,Wenner J,Martinis JM,Cleland AN

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of many peptide growth factors include both stimulation and inhibition of cell proliferation, as well as effects unrelated to the control of cell growth. One peptide can have both stimulatory and inhibitory activity in a single cell, depending on the context of the other signal molecules present. ...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Sporn MB,Roberts AB

更新日期：1988-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a result of complex gene-environment interactions, and several risk factors have been identified, including age, family history, diet, sedentary lifestyle and obesity. Statistical models that combine known risk factors for T2D can partly identify individuals at high risk of developing the dise...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Karlsson FH,Tremaroli V,Nookaew I,Bergström G,Behre CJ,Fagerberg B,Nielsen J,Bäckhed F

更新日期：2013-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dismal prognosis largely owing to inefficient diagnosis and tenacious drug resistance. Activation of pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) and consequent development of dense stroma are prominent features accounting for this aggressive biology1,2. The reciprocal interplay betwe...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Shi Y,Gao W,Lytle NK,Huang P,Yuan X,Dann AM,Ridinger-Saison M,DelGiorno KE,Antal CE,Liang G,Atkins AR,Erikson G,Sun H,Meisenhelder J,Terenziani E,Woo G,Fang L,Santisakultarm TP,Manor U,Xu R,Becerra CR,Borazanci

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kin selection theory predicts that individuals will show less aggression and more altruism towards relatives. However, recent theoretical developments suggest that with limited dispersal, competition between relatives can override the effects of relatedness. The predicted and opposing influences of relatedness and com...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Giron D,Dunn DW,Hardy IC,Strand MR

更新日期：2004-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In the coming decades, a crucial challenge for humanity will be meeting future food demands without undermining further the integrity of the Earth's environmental systems. Agricultural systems are already major forces of global environmental degradation, but population growth and increasing consumption of calorie- and...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mueller ND,Gerber JS,Johnston M,Ray DK,Ramankutty N,Foley JA

更新日期：2012-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Online hate and extremist narratives have been linked to abhorrent real-world events, including a current surge in hate crimes1-6 and an alarming increase in youth suicides that result from social media vitriol7; inciting mass shootings such as the 2019 attack in Christchurch, stabbings and bombings8-11; recruitment o...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Johnson NF,Leahy R,Restrepo NJ,Velasquez N,Zheng M,Manrique P,Devkota P,Wuchty S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal transfer (HT), or the passage of genetic material between non-mating species, is increasingly recognized as an important force in the evolution of eukaryotic genomes. Transposons, with their inherent ability to mobilize and amplify within genomes, may be especially prone to HT. However, the means by which t...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Gilbert C,Schaack S,Pace JK 2nd,Brindley PJ,Feschotte C

更新日期：2010-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:For unknown reasons, autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes develop after prolonged periods of inflammation of mononuclear cells in target tissues. Here we show that progression of pancreatic islet inflammation to overt diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice is driven by the 'avidity maturation' of a prevailing...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Amrani A,Verdaguer J,Serra P,Tafuro S,Tan R,Santamaria P

更新日期：2000-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The computations performed by local neural populations, such as a cortical layer, are typically inferred from anatomical connectivity and observations of neural activity. Here we describe a method-influence mapping-that uses single-neuron perturbations to directly measure how cortical neurons reshape sensory represent...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Chettih SN,Harvey CD

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many tissues including blood, skin, gut and germ cells are continuously maintained by tissue stem cells. Under certain conditions, however, other organs can undergo repair using stem-cell-like progenitors generated by cell de-differentiation. Cell fates have been broadened experimentally, but mechanisms allowing de-di...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Kai T,Spradling A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiplicative operations are important in sensory processing, but their biophysical implementation remains largely unknown. We investigated an identified neuron (the lobula giant movement detector, LGMD, of locusts) whose output firing rate in response to looming visual stimuli has been described by two models, one o...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Gabbiani F,Krapp HG,Koch C,Laurent G

更新日期：2002-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate repair of DNA lesions and the inhibition of DNA repair activities at telomeres are crucial to prevent genomic instability. By fuelling the generation of genetic alterations and by compromising cell viability, genomic instability is a driving force in cancer and ageing. Here we identify MAD2L2 (also known a...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Boersma V,Moatti N,Segura-Bayona S,Peuscher MH,van der Torre J,Wevers BA,Orthwein A,Durocher D,Jacobs JJL

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The protease responsible for the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and necessary for apoptosis has been purified and characterized. This enzyme, named apopain, is composed of two subunits of relative molecular mass (M(r)) 17K and 12K that are derived from a common proenzyme identified as CPP32. This proenzyme is...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Nicholson DW,Ali A,Thornberry NA,Vaillancourt JP,Ding CK,Gallant M,Gareau Y,Griffin PR,Labelle M,Lazebnik YA

更新日期：1995-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium permeability of basophil and mast cell membranes is stimulated on allergen binding to its specific membrane-bound IgE. This entry of Ca2+ ions into the cell triggers the degranulation and secretion process. Disodium cromoglycate (cromolyn DSCG), the disodium salt of 1,3-bis(-2-carboxychromon-5-yloxy)-2-hydroxy...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Mazurek N,Berger G,Pecht I

更新日期：1980-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Originally described by Lugaresi et al. in 1986 (ref. 1), fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a rare inherited neurological disease characterized by the subacute progression of intractable insomnia and other autonomic abnormalities, cerebellar and pyramidal signs, myoclonus and dementia; neuropathologically, the major fe...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Tateishi J,Brown P,Kitamoto T,Hoque ZM,Roos R,Wollman R,Cervenáková L,Gajdusek DC

更新日期：1995-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell factor (TCF), a high-mobility-group domain protein, is the transcription factor activated by Wnt/Wingless signalling. When signalling occurs, TCF binds to its coactivator, beta-catenin/Armadillo, and stimulates the transcription of the target genes of Wnt/Wingless by binding to TCF-responsive enhancers. Inappro...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Waltzer L,Bienz M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decade ago, Lovelock and Whitfield raised the question of how much longer the biosphere can survive on Earth. They pointed out that, despite the current fossil-fuel induced increase in the atmospheric CO2 concentration, the long-term trend should be in the opposite direction: as increased solar luminosity warms th...

journal_title：Nature

authors： Caldeira K,Kasting JF

更新日期：1992-12-24 00:00:00